Comparison

Solitario Pro vs Block Tower

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Solitario Pro

Experience a classic card game with a fresh twist on your mobile device. Enjoy intuitive gameplay, customizable themes, and various scoring and drawing modes. Challenge yourself, track your progress, and compete with others in special events.

Highlights
  • Customizable HD themes and card decks
  • One Card or Three Cards draw mode
  • Standard or Vegas scoring modes
  • Unlimited undo moves
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Game statistics and history
  • Special contests and events
Features
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SOLITARIO PRO is the most original Classic Solitaire (Klondike) on the App Store! Experience a new way of playing Solitaire on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. DOWNLOAD NOW! Intuitive, fun and free to play, Solitario Pro is the ultimate game for Klondike lovers! Solitario Pro offers you fun, strategy and relax in the same time: * Challenge yourself! * Customize your table with high-resolution themes and amazing card decks * Make your moves by just swiping or tapping the cards * Set up the game options to play as you prefer * Takes part in “The Christmas Special Contest”! Play SOLITARIO PRO during your Christmas Holiday! Hit the highest-ranking challenging your friends and competitors! Follow the event on our social networks! Start now! Take your time and play Solitario Pro! DOWNLOAD it now! KEY FEATURES: - Scoring: choose Standard or Vegas mode - Draw: choose One Card or Three Cards mode - Unlimited Back: delete the last move - Achievements: play and get it all - Leaderboards: available now ten rankings - Special Contests: join us and fun - Game Statistics: find your game history - Special Interface: custom HD Theme and Card Decks - Special Contents: revise Solitario guides&rules - Social: share with friends and family - Universal: play on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch Appsmob is the Mobile Content Company, publisher of multiplatform applications for Smartphone and Tablet. With more than 500.000 Active Users, millions of cumulated downloads and more than 3 millions hours played every month, Appsmob is an international leader in the Mobile Gaming industry. _______________________________________ For info and recommendations please write to support@appsmob.com Keep in touch with Appsmob to discover all the exciting new surprises we are preparing for our Users! WEB: http://www.appsmob.com/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/appsmob TWITTER: http://twitter.com/appsmob

About

Block Tower

Build a towering structure by precisely dropping blocks one at a time. Master perfect landings to recover width and achieve new heights. Enjoy quick stacking rounds with local best tracking and customizable themes.

Highlights
  • One-tap block dropping
  • Perfect landing rewards
  • Local high score tracking
  • Multiple game modes
  • Seasonal themes
  • Widget integration
Features
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Build a taller tower without popup ads breaking your focus. Drop each block at the right moment, save shaky stacks, and chase a perfect streak you can check at a glance on your widgets. Block Tower: Stack Builder helps casual players build towers with one-tap drops and keep track of personal bests. PERFECT WHEN • You are waiting for coffee and want one quick Classic mode run with a clean one-tap drop. • Your Home Screen widget shows the current seasonal theme and you want to open a fresh run right away. • Your tower is leaning after a rough landing and you need a Perfect streak to win back lost width. • You want a stack game that feels like a fidget toy, with Haptics and Sound Effects you can switch on or off. • You want to share a game-over result with Share Run after a strong tower game session. HOW IT HELPS Drop blocks with one tap as each piece swings over the tower, then watch the stack settle. Clean landings count as Perfect or Near-Perfect, rough drops can trim the overhang, and a Wobble-Save can rescue a tower that almost falls. Hit three Perfect drops in a row and the next block can recover some lost width. You start with three lives, and your run ends when the tower finally topples. Keep your tower game moving with controls that stay out of the way. The pause button lets you resume, restart, or switch between Classic, Wind, and Earthquake modes. Wind adds a steady sideways push that makes each drop trickier, while Earthquake shakes the ground and tests how well your stack holds together. Your tallest tower, longest Perfect streak, and total runs are saved as Your Best and shown again when you come back. Make the game feel like your own with skins and themes. Pick from free block skins like Wood, Stone, and Brick, then change the look of the whole scene with themes such as Midnight, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Aurora, and Festival. The active theme also appears on your share card and widgets. Add a Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy widget to see your best height, best streak, total runs, and the current season without opening the app. WHY IT WORKS This stacker is built for short, focused play: tap, drop, recover, and try again. There are no mid-run ad breaks, and your next game is always close with a widget, a Shortcut, Spotlight, or a Control Center control that starts a fresh tower run. PAID FEATURES Pro adds unlimited lives, extra challenge modes with Wind and Earthquake, more themes, and more skins including Gold, Crystal, Neon, Obsidian, Marble, and Cosmic. Cosmetic skins do not change the physics. If you share a result or use widgets, the app needs the usual system access for those features. Stack a few blocks, chase a new personal best, and see how high you can build today. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Solitario Pro4 screens
Block Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Solitario Pro at 3.7 against Block Tower's 2.0. Solitario Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (207 vs 1). Block Tower's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solitario Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Block Tower sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solitario Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitario Pro has 207 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Solitario Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Block Tower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solitario Pro versus Block Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitario ProBlock Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (207 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings207 — better1
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvocon S.r.l.Sandeep Bhandari

Customer experience

Solitario Pro

All ratings207 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral17.4%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Block Tower

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Solitario Pro

One-time1
  • Solitario Pro without advertising$2.99
10 purchases

Block Tower

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro Discount$79.99
  • Forever Pro$99.99

Questions

Is Solitario Pro free?
Solitario Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Block Tower free?
Block Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitario Pro or Block Tower?
Solitario Pro is rated higher. Solitario Pro averages 3.7 out of 5 from 207 ratings, while Block Tower averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Solitario Pro or Block Tower have ads?
Block Tower shows ads; Solitario Pro does not.

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